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On “How I Met Your Mother” the character Robin, anchor of an early-morning talk show, thinks her show is doing really well because a lot of people watch it, including students of her friend Ted. In actuality…

College kids: “We watch it for the drinking game. You have to drink every time she says But, um…”

I never thought verbal tics and filler words could be the subject of sitcom tv, but they do a pretty good job with it. Link to episode; start watching around the 9-minute mark. [Update: the link might no longer work.]

(My filler word is like but I’ve gotten better at using it less, thanks to the Ah-Counter at our toastmasters meetings pointing out how often I’m using it.)